Employee benefits in private industry and state and local government, March 2012

July 26, 2012

In March 2012, among workers in private industry, medical care benefits were offered to 41 percent of workers in service occupations and 87 percent of workers in management, professional, and related occupations.

For workers in service occupations, access rates were higher in state and local government than in private industry. For example, 83 percent of state and local government workers were offered retirement benefits, compared with 40 percent of private industry workers.

Among workers in state and local government, retirement and medical benefits were offered to 99 percent of full-time workers and paid sick leave to 98 percent.

These data are from the National Compensation Survey – Benefits program. To learn more, see "Employee Benefits in the United States — March 2012" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL-12-1380. Employees are considered to have access to a benefit plan if it is available for their use.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Employee benefits in private industry and state and local government, March 2012 on the Internet at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2012/ted_20120726.htm (visited September 26, 2017).